Lipps, Oscar H.

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Oscar Lipps, c. 1914

Studio portrait of Superintendent Oscar Lipps.

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
School Band with Oscar Lipps, 1915

The school band posed in rows with instruments in front of a building on the school grounds. A note on the back indicates that the photo was taken in May 1915 and that this is the "reorganized band with new bandmaster [Captain Geroge F.] Tyrell and new superintendent Oscar H. Lipps." 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Transfer of Students from Fort Lapwai to Carlisle
August 29, 1907 - September 17, 1907

These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of twenty-five students from the Fort Lapwai Training School to the Carlisle Indian School.

Note: Joe Cook is also known as Joseph Williams.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment of Martha Wetenhall
September 9-26, 1908

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Oscar H. Lipps to enroll Martha Wetenhall at the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Complaint Regarding Band Students
June 27 - July 23, 1909

This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made by bandmaster James Wheelock that students from the school band were improperly disciplined by being locked in the guard house. The complaint, which made headlines in national newspapers including The Outlook, was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.…

Format:
Books and Pamphlets, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment of Several Nez Perce Students
August 31, 1909 - February 16, 1910

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll several Nez Perce students, including Rachel Penny and Caleb Carter. Carter required special permission from the Office of Indian Affairs due to his age.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
brown folder with "Nori, Siceni J." written on the tab
December 21, 1909-July 17, 1961

Including documents from Siceni J. Nori's time employed as a clerk at Carlisle, this service file was compiled at the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. It comprises mostly of correspondence and official evaluations like efficiency reports. 

The folder has been split into two PDFs. The first PDF primarily covers the…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
front of brown paper envelope with "Stauffer, C. M." and "Status Retired" written on front
June 11, 1910 - July 16, 1914

This folder includes documents related to Stauffer's time working at Carlisle as the school musical director or band leader. Two thirds of the material relate to how Stauffer left the school. Having been suspended after the 1914 investigation into the school, Stauffer was not formally fired, but his job position was abolished. The other third…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment by Joe Welch
July 6 - September 28, 1910

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joe Welch to be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School to obtain an education in industrial arts. Welch was informed that as a member of the Chickasaw Nation he could only attend Carlisle by paying tuition but that he could attend Haskell Institute without paying tuition.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment of Children of Jackson Ellis
July 24, 1910 - September 21, 1910

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Jackson Ellis to have his children enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. As Ellis lived in Marble City, Oklahoma and was a member of the Cherokee Nation, his children were not eligible for government assistance. Instead, Ellis was directed to apply to the Haskell Institute where…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Re-Enrollment by Virginia Gaddy
September 8 - October 1, 1910

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Virginia Gaddy to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after an illness. Gaddy's request was denied due to her mother being a member of the Cherokee Nation.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment by Moses P. Kogechiwan
September 11, 1911 - April 30, 1917

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Moses P. Kogechiwan to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School as well as letters of recommendation.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Re-Enrollment of Henry P. Sutton
October 6, 1911 - March 7, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding requests for Henry P. Sutton to enter the Carlisle Indian School in order to take a commercial course. Sutton was initially due to his physical health but was later enrolled after paying his own transportation to the school.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Carlisle Alumni Association Update
May 28, 1912 - June 12, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding the Alumni Association of the Carlisle Indian School including its new constitution, a new building in Carlisle, and other news.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Enrollment Requirements for Non-Reservation Boarding Schools
October 8, 1912 - December 24, 1914

These materials include correspondence discussing appropriate requirements for enrollment in government-funded Indian schools. Carlisle's superintendent, Oscar H. Lipps, argues that Carlisle should focus on educating only those Native American children who do not have the financial means or access to education at their homes. Lipps further…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment of Milford Henderson
April 18, 1913 - April 18, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Milford Henderson at the Carlisle Indian School. Henderson was initially denied admittance to the School due to his proximity to attend a local public school. However, upon learning that his mother was moving to Wisconsin and due to the interceding of the Governor of Utah and…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Purchase Water Supply for Domestic Purposes for Fiscal Year 1914
June 18, 1913 - September 15, 1914

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $700 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" account for water supply for domestic purposes for fiscal year 1914. He later corrects that the rate should be $0.03.33 per 1,000 gallons. 

A month later, Friedman forwards the same request. First Assistant…

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Return Home of Annie Cole
June 30, 1913 - February 26, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding multiple requests from Alex Cole and Mary Ann Cole to have their daughter, Annie B. Cole, returned home from the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Enrollment of Esther and Georgianna Collins
September 26, 1913 - March 24, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Esther and Georgianna Collins at the Carlisle Indian School. Some materials relate to the efforts of their mother, Rose Trombly Collins, to secure their enrollment at the school. Later correspondence answers a request by their mother for reimbursement of their transportation…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Confiscated Postcards Sent to Carlisle Students
November 21, 1913 - February 20, 1914

These materials include postcards sent to female students attending the Carlisle Indian School. These postcards were confiscated by school officials who believed that their subject matter was inappropriate for their recipients. The confiscation was done "in accordance with Section 156 of the Rules for the Indian Service." The confiscated cards…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding Morris Huff
November 29, 1913 - March 4, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a disagreement between Morris Huff and Carlisle's outing authorities regarding his enrollment status at the school. Huff was living with his outing family while no longer a student, and the school objected this arrangement and sought to have Huff reenroll.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Complaint Made by Percy Parroka
December 27, 1913 - March 24, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Percy Parroka that he was made to stay under the school rules while working on a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania following the expiration of his term of enrollment.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Explanation of Differences in Payroll
February 28, 1914 - March 13, 1914

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards employee payroll from the month of February to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 

Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards the same payroll to Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps to make corrections regarding how three employees are…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds and Suspension of Superintendent Moses Friedman
February 13, 1914 - February 27, 1914

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests funds for the third fractional quarter of 1914. 

Lipps requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs refrains from placing a $22,592.29 credit on Moses Friedman's account and instead places it on his own because Friedman has been suspended from his duties…

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Injuries to Francis Pambrun
February 15 - May 4, 1914

These materials contain correspondence regarding a serious injury Francis Pambrun suffered while returning home after having run away from the school.

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration